Cherry-picking some of the worst examples imaginable — the play also features Elle Fanning as Frank’s sententious, sage-smudging fiancée and Graham Campbell as Toni’s drug-dealing son — Jacobs-Jenkins makes a convincing if despairing case.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/theater/appropriate-broadway-review.html

Only the vivid image of the warped planks keeps this remark from being the type of sententious counsel that Polonius might have given his son.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/03/how-to-flourish-an-ancient-guide-to-living-well-aristotle-susan-sauve-meyer-book-review